Right-click the shortcut you just created, and from the shortcut menu click Properties.

On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target box. It contains the path for Outlook.exe.

Press the SPACEBAR once to type a space after the path, and then type; /select outlook:calendar

For Outlook 2007 on a 32-bit version of Windows, the full command should now look like this; "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Outlook.exe" /select outlook:calendar

Click OK.

On the desktop, double-click the Outlook shortcut you created

How to specify a folder

Specifying a folder quite easy, but there are a couple of things to note:

If the folder is in the main mailbox, simply type the name. Example: /select outlook:calendar

If the folder contains spaces, contain it in quotes. Example: /select "outlook:Sent Items"

If the folder is a subfolder, separate by a forward slash (/). Example: /select outlook:Inbox/Newsletters

If the folder is in a different mailbox, you’ll need to precede the folder name with 2 forward slashes and specify the name of that mailbox as shown in the Navigation Pane. Example: /select outlook://Archive/Inbox

If you’d want to create a Desktop shortcut to your corporate Public Folders, you can combine the above set of rules in the following way;

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Fri, 14 Mar 2014 05:45:40 +0000http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/desktop-shortcut-to-2010-outlook-contacts/#comment-131565U can easily create what u want…. 1st get full path of public folder by right click on them then select properties & create a new shortcut in the desktop, and paste the path
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:51:23 +0000http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/desktop-shortcut-to-2010-outlook-contacts/#comment-131559You can easily create a desktop shortcut to the Outlook contacts by using the below method:1. Create a new Outlook shortcut:

Windows XP

Right click on the Outlook shortcut and choose: Send To-> Desktop (create shortcut)

Windows Vista and Windows 7

Type outlook.exe in the Search field of the Start Menu. Right click on it and choose; Send To-> Desktop (create shortcut) 2. Right-click the shortcut you just created, and from the shortcut menu click Properties. 3. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target box. It contains the path for Outlook.exe. 4. Press the SPACEBAR once to type a space after the path, and then type; /select outlook:contacts 5. Click OK. 6. On the desktop, double-click the Outlook shortcut you created

]]>By: AndreaFhttp://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/desktop-shortcut-to-2010-outlook-contacts/#comment-131502
Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:05:18 +0000http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/desktop-shortcut-to-2010-outlook-contacts/#comment-131502It might be better to set it up so that your staff who update your mailing list share that contacts folder with you – then you don’t need to share out anything in your own Outlook.
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